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Hundreds walked out of their classes about noon Friday and met to rally at Sproul Plaza, where they joined with Berkeley High School students and other community members to protest the inauguration of President Donald Trump and march to Oakland.Read More…

Hate speech posters alleging a student organization was connected to a “terror organization” were plastered around campus on Thursday, naming and criticizing several students and faculty members for their involvement in Students for Justice in Palestine, or SJP.Read More…

At least five hate-speech posters — with at least two naming six current and former UC Berkeley students for their involvement in either the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement or Students for Justice in Palestine — were found plastered at various sites around campus Monday.Read More…

Crowds gathered around Sather Gate on Tuesday afternoon to watch a mock checkpoint demonstration presented by Students for Justice in Palestine, or SJP, which aimed to illustrate Israeli-Palestinian border relations.Read More…

The UC Board of Regents will convene Wednesday and Thursday to vote on a new retirement plan and a newly revised intolerance policy for the UC system and to discuss updates on mental health resources on UC campuses.Read More…

After months of deliberation, the UC Board of Regents released a report of its revised statement of Principles Against Intolerance on Tuesday, which now expressly condemns anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism.Read More…

More than 200 protesters held signs, waved flags and exchanged heated words Tuesday on Upper Sproul as multiple student groups, Bay Area residents, and interested bystanders protested both sides of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, addressing the boycott, divestment, and sanction (BDS) movement directed at Israel.Read More…